I feel like it's not totally clear what that is supposed to signify. Do we, does that even make sense? Like to talk about the meaning of a work? Because in talking about tar or wizo, it's like, you're not talking about themeaning of it exactly, but you wouldn't want to praise the director for doing something more subtle and nuanced than the director was actually trying to do. That seems to me different than the meaning of what he was trying toDo. I mean, that's such a clear cut case of incompetence. But that's just, but not because I have a theory of what the Meaning of a work is as much as, I'm not
What’s the meaning of a work of art? Does the text mean just what the author intends it to mean? Does it matter what Kubrick and Arthur C. Clark thinks about the end of 2001? Or is the artist’s interpretation just one interpretation among many once the text is out in the world? We explore the question of authorial intent, and brace yourselves - this is just about as postmodern as David gets.
Plus – do we have what it takes to get an invite to the thought criminals club?
Links
The Party is Canceled [newyorker.com]
Was I Wrong About The Irishman? by Thomas Flight [youtube.com]
Authorial Intent [wikipedia.org]
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